Incorporating clonal growth form clarifies the role of plant height in response to nitrogen addition

Oecologia

Volumn 169, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1053-1062

  Gough, Laura ^a   Gross, Katherine L ^b   Cleland, Elsa E ^c   Clark, Christopher M ^d   Collins, Scott L ^e   Fargione, Joseph E ^f   Pennings, Steven C ^g   Suding, Katharine N ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^f THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^g University of Houston   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Clonal growth; Competition; Grassland; Nitrogen addition; Productivity

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZER; NITROGEN;

CLONAL GROWTH; DATA SET; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); GRASSLAND; HEIGHT; HERB; NITROGEN; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PLANT COMMUNITY; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ARTICLE; ELYMUS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; NORTH AMERICA; PANICUM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; SOIL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ELYMUS; FERTILIZERS; NITROGEN; NORTH AMERICA; PANICUM; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; SOIL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84864286901     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-012-2264-5     Document Type: Article

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